Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Kunene shooting: attempted murder case opened

Kunene shooting: attempted murder case openedSapaPublished:Nov 14, 2007Police are investigating a case of attempted murder after Muziwendoda Kunene, the man caught up in the "hoax email" saga, was shot in Pretoria today.National spokeswoman Director Sally de Beer said Kunene sustained a flesh wound when he was shot in the hand at around 8am in Lynwood Road.Kunene received medical attention on the scene and was taken to a local hospital for further treatment.A full investigation would be conducted by experienced detectives and anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stop on 086-001-0111.702 Talk Radio said it was understood that two men came up to Kunene and accused him of fraternising with the media. He then ran away and was shot in the hand.The incident comes hours after Kunene claimed that senior members of the African National Congress (ANC) were plotting to assassinate him.The ruling party today dismissed his claims as a "conjured up story"."It is a completely conjured up story... the ANC has nothing to do with him, he has nothing to do with the ANC and he is not a member of the ANC and he is not part of any ANC structures," said the party’s head of the presidency, Smuts Ngonyama.Kunene told 702 that while working for the National Intelligence Agency, he came across information linking senior politicians to corruption and bribery - which is why they wanted to kill or frame him.He said he was under constant surveillance and that his recent hijacking was proof that he was being targeted.Kunene stands accused under the Intelligence Services Oversight Act of withholding information from the Inspector General of Intelligence by failing or refusing to provide a response on questions put to him.The saga involves fake e-mails between ANC leaders, discrediting ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma.The e-mails allegedly implicated senior ANC members in a conspiracy against ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma and ANC secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe.